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Great Disruption (11 Edition) by Paul Gilding Publisher Comments It's time to stop just worrying about climate change, says Paul Gilding. Instead, we need to brace for impact, because global crisis is no longer avoidable; we have come to the end of a world economy based on consumption and waste, where we live beyond... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth by Mark Hertsgaard Publisher Comments "Hot bravely takes aim at perhaps the greatest climate threat of all: apathy." — Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation "Hertsgaards answers . . . are lucid, realistic, and offer reason for hope." — Christian Science Monitor For... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert Publisher Comments Long known for her insightful and thought-provoking political journalism, author Elizabeth Kolbert now tackles the controversial and increasingly urgent subject of global warming. In what began as groundbreaking three-part series in the New Yorker, for... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate by William F. Ruddiman Publisher Comments Praise for Princeton's previous editions: "Bill Ruddiman's provocative suggestion of early human influence on the atmosphere will draw fire. But I stand with Ruddiman: the simultaneous upward departures of CO2 and CH4 from climate indicators, unique in... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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What's the Worst That Could Happen?: A Rational Response to the Climate Change Debate by Greg Craven Publisher Comments 7.2 million YouTube viewers can't be wrong: A provocative new way to look at the global warming debate. Based on a series of viral videos that have garnered more than 7.2 million views, this visually appealing book gives readers-be they global warming... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest by William Debuys Publisher Comments With its soaring azure sky and stark landscapes, the American Southwest is one of the most hauntingly beautiful regions on earth. Yet staggering population growth, combined with the intensifying effects of climate change, is driving the oasis-based... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover
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Heaven and Earth: Global Warming... (09 Edition) by Plimer Synopsis In this controversial new book Australia's leading geologist makes the case that carbon dioxide is just one of many factors that drive climate--and a relatively insignificant one at that. Heaven and Earth engagingly and comprehensively synthesizes what... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Impacts of a Warming Climate - Arctic Climate Impact Assessment by Amap Publisher Comments This report is a plain language synthesis of the key findings of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA), designed to be accessible to policymakers and the broader public. The ACIA is a comprehensively researched, fully referenced, and independently... (read more) List Price $54.95 Your price: $8.25 Used - Trade Paper
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Fight Global Warming Now: The Handbook for Taking Action in Your Community by Bill Mckibben Publisher Comments Bestselling author Bill McKibben turns activist in the first hands-on guidebook to stopping climate change, the worlds greatest threat Drawing on the experience of Step It Up, a national day of rallies held on April 14, McKibben and the Step... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $2.97 Sale - Trade Paper
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Why We Disagree about Climate Change: Understanding Controversy, Inaction and Opportunity by Mike Hulme Publisher Comments Climate change is not 'a problem' waiting for 'a solution'. It is an environmental, cultural and political phenomenon which is re-shaping the way we think about ourselves, our societies and humanity's place on Earth. Drawing upon twenty-five years of... (read more) Your price: $29.25 New - Trade Paper
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The Discovery of Global Warming (New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine) by Spencer R Weart Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-221) and index.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Inquisition of Climate Science by James Lawrence Powell Publisher Comments Modern science is under the greatest and most successful attack in recent history. An industry of denial, abetted by news media and info-tainment broadcasters more interested in selling controversy than presenting facts, has duped half the American... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Hardcover
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Censoring Science: Inside the Political Attack on Dr. James Hansen and the Truth of Global Warming by Mark Bowen Publisher Comments The dramatic story of global warming, politics, and the scientist Al Gore calls ?the most powerful and consistent voice calling for intelligent action to preserve our planet?s environment.? Censoring Science is the gripping story of the world?s... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Storms of My Grandchildren by James Hansen Publisher Comments In his Q&A with Bill McKibben featured in the paperback edition of Storms of My Grandchildren, Dr. James Hansen, the world's leading climatologist, shows that exactly contrary to the impression the public has received, the science of climate change has... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Earth : the Operators' Manual (11 Edition) by Richard B. Alley Publisher Comments Companion to the PBS... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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Climate Change: Simple Things You Can Do to Make a Difference (Chelsea Green Guides) by Jon Clift Publisher Comments You know that the ice caps are melting, the seasons are changing, sea levels are rising, storms are on the increase, but what can you do about it? Plenty!This book puts the power back into your hands in the face of the doom and gloom of climate change... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price: $5.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future by Laurence C Smith Publisher Comments andquot;The World in 2050 is a compelling portrait of the future and vividly relates the big challenges facing the world now.andquot; -Jared Diamond, author of Collapse The world's population is exploding, wild species are vanishing, and our environment... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Climate Capitalism: Capitalism in the Age of Climate Change by L. Hunter Lovins Publisher Comments Believe in climate change. Or dont. It doesnt matter. But youd better understand this: the best route to rebuilding our economy, our cities, and our job markets, as well as assuring national security, is doing precisely what you would do if you... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Hardcover
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100 Places to Go Before They Disappear by Patrick Drew Publisher Comments What would our world look like if the planet's average temperature were to rise by only a few degrees? Venice, Bangkok, London, Chicago, and New York would experience severe flooding. The tea fields of Sri Lanka and the vineyards of France would suffer... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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How to Cool the Planet: Geoengineering and the Audacious Quest to Fix Earth's Climate by Jeff Goodell Publisher Comments When Jeff Goodell first encountered the term geoengineering, he had a vague sense that it involved outlandish schemes to counteract global warming. As a journalist, he was deeply skeptical. But he was also intrigued. The planet was in trouble. Could... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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